Heath
Venne

He’s worked diligently to sculpt a muscular 5-foot-11, 195-pound build without it affecting his quickness or mobility, as he ran a 6.83 on Sunday and continued to show improved actions from behind the plate, and he reached an 81 mph on his throws down to second. Venne’s obvious strength helps him produce some really loud barrels, more often of the line-drive variety rather than lofted contact. He squared up one liner to center field that left the bat at 98.6 mph, and he averaged an exit speed of 86.5 during his round.

Positional Profile: C; Among the top uncommitted juniors in the state.
Body: 5-11, 195-pounds. Physically advanced, compact strong body type.
Hit: RHH. Balanced stance, quick loading action with hands and short leg lift. Path is short and gets extension through contact, strong compact swing generates consistent hard contact.
Power: 98.55 max exit velocity, averaged 86.47 mph. 325’ max distance. Above average power profile.
Arm: RH. C - 81 mph. INF -  mph. OF -  mph. Strong arm, plays short and over the top out of the crouch.
Defense: 1.98-2.04 pop times. Durable receiver, quick and athletic actions, feet work directionally out of the chute. Quiet setup receiving the baseball.
Run: 6.83 runner in the 60. Advanced runner.

Positional Profile: C; Rising prospect in the state's junior class.
Body: 5-foot-11, 195-pounds. Physical muscle-bound build, one of the strongest prospects in the state's junior class.
Defense: 2.01-2.12 pop times. Noticeable athleticism from behind the plate with advanced defensive actions. Explodes from the crouch, lower half works directly in line to target, soft hands at gather, silky-smooth hand transfer, quick trigger release, plays through the baseball.
Arm: RH. C - 81 mph. Short arm action, over-the-top slot. Throws played true to the bag.
Hit: RHH. Quiet all-around actions in the box, balanced setup, hands slot into an ideal hitting position, strides short with controlled balance through contact.  Noticeably explosive bat speed produced from the strength attached to his hands/wrists. Short compact stroke, natural gap-to-gap barrel feel, repeats well while maintaining a fluid rhythm throughout. Calm and confident demeanor in the box.
Power: Consistently made some of the loudest contact of the entire event; strength in frame leads to a potential impact bat down the road. Max exit speed measured at 98.7 mph, 90.7 on average.
Run: 6.84 runner in the 60. Quick, crisp strides with above-average foot speed for position/build.

Positional Profile: C
Body: 6-0, 190-pounds. Strong compact build.
Hit: RHH. Balanced setup towards the front of the box, slightly crouched with short stride. Stays connected and maintains strong balance. Simple short powerful swing, strong hands create bat speed on level path with extension. Ball jumps off the bat at times, hard middle of the field contact.
Power: 96 mph exit velocity from the tee. Power potential bat.
Arm: RH. C - 75 mph. Short firm arm action, over the top slot.
Defense: 2.04-2.17 pop times. Firm actions, feet work slightly across body, hand exchange is quick.
Run: 7.30 runner in the 60. 

Positional Profile: C
Body: 5-foot-10, 185-pounds. Compact strong build, lean muscle throughout.
Hit: RHH. Balanced stance, smooth loading action, short stride, lower half works aggressive, good balance through contact. Path is short to the baseball, stays on plane, strong consistent line drive contact throughout his round, hits in rhythm.
Power: 89 mph exit velocity from the tee. Ball jumps off the bat, mostly hard line drive contact.
Arm: RH. C - 75 mph. Over the top slot, works with short arm action and efficient release, occasional carry to target and showed accuracy.
Defense: 2.19-2.28 pop times. Athletic receiver, hands works softly with clean exchange, stays low receiving through transfer. Low small setup receiving the baseball, tracks the ball with glove.
Run: 7.26 runner in the 60. 

Positional Profile: C
Body: 5-foot-10, 180-pounds. Strong physical build, quick twitch strength.
Hit: RHH. Tall balanced stance, short stride, smooth load, maintains good balance. Short quick twitch swing, loose strong hands create compact bat speed, hard contact to all fields, maintains balance.
Power: 85 mph exit velocity from the tee. Power potential bat to both gaps.
Arm: RH. C - 73 mph. Short, over the top arm slot, played accurate to bag, occasional carry.
Defense: 2.11-2.25 pop times. Efficient out of the crouch, quick feet and transfer. Advanced actions for age.
Run: 7.35 runner in the 60.

Venne had himself a nice day at the plate on Thursday. He lined a hard single the opposite way in game one and pulled a homer to straightaway left in game two. Venne has a loose barrel in the right-handed box and has all of the actions from behind the dish, including a strong arm and quick catch-and-throws down to second.

Body: 5-foot-9, 172-pounds. Compact frame.
Positional Profile: C
Defense: 2.14-2.26 pop times. Agile and quick actions, gets out of the crouch quickly, slightly uphill. Sound block, quick to recover, clean exchange.
Arm: RH. C - 74 mph. Short over the top slot, played accurate.
Hit: RHH. Balanced setup, narrow stance with slightly longer stride, average balance. Showed control of the barrel, loose hands create short path, line drive gap to gap contact.
Power: 85 mph exit velocity from the tee. Above average bat strength for age, creates pop.
Run: 7.48 runner in the 60. Straight line quiet runner.

5-foot-3, 125-pound, catcher. Offensively, balanced setup, short stride, maintains balance. Short, level barrel path, fluid rhythm, 66 mph exit velocity off a tee. Defensively, traditional catcher’s arm action, short, over-the-top, 63 mph out of the crouch, quick fluid footwork, pop times between 2.50-2.679. Ran an 8.81 60.